Catfishin tonight...

[Johnny Rockets]

My kids got me that shirt for Christmas a few years back. It has been relegated to a fishing shirt along with my shorts with a huge hole in the crotch. For you though I will wear a pink polo with a popped collar.

As long as you still promise to wear the pants with the hole in the crotch.

Let me know by Wednesday so I have time to respool my line and pick up a fishing license.

[Zod]

I am out of perch. Will need to go back out and catch more sometime this week or it won't be worth it. I will let you know.

[Epistaxis]

Strong work Zod.

[thefuzz]

Just go buy some frozen bait, and let them sit out for a few hours.

And nice catch BTW.

Did you eat that sucker?

[Zod]

nah, catch and release. I forgot the cooler.

Why buy frozen bait when perch are a lake nuisance and plentiful!

[thefuzz]

nah, catch and release. I forgot the cooler.

Why buy frozen bait when perch are a lake nuisance and plentiful!

Time saver....unless you have plenty of time to fish for them, which I rarely do.

Catfish can make a great meal, you just have to know how to "skin" them.

[Zod]

I used to just nail them to a post, cut the tail off to let them bleed out, and skin them like rolling down a sock.

[Johnny Rockets]

I used to just nail them to a post, cut the tail off to let them bleed out, and skin them like rolling down a sock.

You still talking about perch?

I do the same with my neighbors cats. Ever use cat for catfish?

[Zod]

no you can't skin the lake perch like that. I just cut them into junks and let them sit out in the sun all day in a freezer bag.

[Johnny Rockets]

no you can't skin the lake perch like that. I just cut them into junks and let them sit out in the sun all day in a freezer bag.

Missed that, you are talking about skinning the catfish (perch have scales, duh). I remember watching my grandfather do that same thing. Freaked me out when I would see him grab a pair of pliers and peel the skin down like that.

[Scrumtrilescent]

That wasn't a catfish, that was your Uncle Eddie.

[Epistaxis]

JR, don't know what Zod uses for catfishing, but I love using Fireline rather than mono for any kind of bottom fishing.

Mono just shreds, gets weak spots, and when you really need it, it fails, like when you have that fish of a lifetime near the bank.

It takes some getting used to because it doesn't stretch like mono, but it has never failed me and helped me win my section in a cat and carp match on a local river.

[Johnny Rockets]

JR, don't know what Zod uses for catfishing, but I love using Fireline rather than mono for any kind of bottom fishing.

Mono just shreds, gets weak spots, and when you really need it, it fails, like when you have that fish of a lifetime near the bank.

It takes some getting used to because it doesn't stretch like mono, but it has never failed me and helped me win my section in a cat and carp match on a local river.

We used to use Fireline back when my dad and I would fish the Delaware Bay for flounder and weakfish (spotted trout). Really helped you feel everything when drifting. Definitely took some getting used to. I wasn't aware they still made that stuff. Figured some new technology would have replaced it by now.

[dimbee]

I used to just nail them to a post, cut the tail off to let them bleed out, and skin them like rolling down a sock.

That's how my Dad taught me too, though we usually used the nearest tree to nail the sucker to... nailed straight through the head. Slice to the left of the head, slice to the right of the head, pull off the sock.

Presto!